A class of medications developed and commonly used to treat diabetes and weight management, glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs), rose in prescribing trends significantly from 2018 to 2023.
Three UTHealth Houston School of Public Health students have been selected as the 2025 Shreela and Vibhu Sharma Endowment for Excellence in Community Nutrition, Climate Health, and Sustainability fellows.
While body mass index (BMI) is an effective tool for identifying obesity in children, these measurements alone do not always distinguish kids with unhealthy levels of body fat, especially in low-resource communities along the U.S.-Mexico border, according to researchers at UTHealth Houston.
For alumnus Dennis Ogeto Nyachoti, DrPH, his fervor to study public health dates back to his childhood, where he witnessed the harsh impact and economic toll preventable illnesses took on rural and underserved communities.
December 15, 2022
This study suggests developing effective decision aids would be crucial to successfully implementing this updated ACIP guideline for maximizing the cancer prevention benefit in this age group.
December 13, 2022
The committee examines and advises on issues such as climate change, social inequities, air and water pollution, and other factors impacting the welfare of children.
November 21, 2022
Fernandez returns home to the border to serve and grow
November 20, 2022
Taylor Crawford, a first year DrPH student in the Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences department. She is a Gates Millennium Scholar representing Native Forward, and is a member of the Chahta (Choctaw) Nation* of Oklahoma.
November 16, 2022
Smoking rates among adults in the United States have fallen precipitously since the first Great American Smokeout was organized in San Francisco in 1977, falling from over 33% then, to less than 12.5% today. Yet cigarette smoking remains the leading cause of preventable disease, disability, and death in the country. UTHealth Houston School of Public Health researchers are developing new and intriguing techniques, utilizing mobile health technology, to help smokers quit.
November 15, 2022
After two years and hundreds of thousands of calls to residents, UTHealth Houston School of Public Health wrapped up its COVID-19 contact tracing program in San Antonio at the end of September. The project was a partnership with the City of San Antonio’s Metropolitan Health department.
November 11, 2022
Endowments are a poignant reminder to faculty members of the importance of their roles and responsibilities in academics and research. Donors fund these endowments, traditionally where they get their namesake, and they are used to support faculty's particular research interest. This honor elevates leaders in the health science community, creating a high-caliber setting in which to thrive.
October 31, 2022
Asha Kapadia, PhD, and Kay Dunn, PhD, were trailblazers who excelled academically and professionally, emerging as role models in the male-dominated field of biostatistics.
October 28, 2022
A beta version of a powerful new tool designed to help people find and use data about community conditions in Bexar County, led by Laura McKieran, PhD of UTHealth Houston School of Public Health San Antonio, has been launched by Community Information Now (CI:Now).
October 24, 2022
Funded by the National Heart Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), the “Trauma Resuscitation with Group O Whole Blood Or Products” (TROOP) trial will enroll 1,200 patients at 12 trauma centers across the United States, to compare whole blood transfusions to blood component therapy, the current standard in trauma transfusions. Enrollment for TROOP will begin in spring 2023.
